Examples of interest group organizations

Below are links to several national interest group organizations. It provides a broad array of examples, but the list does not by any means include all existing organizations. The organizations are classified by their type of membership, the two broad types being economic groups and public interest groups. Economic groups can be classified into business, labor, professional/occupational, and "other"--students, seniors, and various types of public officials all have interest group representatives. Public interest groups, sometimes called citizen groups or issue groups, can be classified according to the particular kinds of issues they address.

Lobbying and Government Relations Firms

Here are links to several firms that do lobbying and other government relations work on behalf of client organizations. Interest groups can have their own in-house lobbyists on staff and/or they can contract with a government relations firm such as these.

Washington firms: Akin Gump | Squire Patton Boggs | Brownstein Hyatt

Harrisburg firms: Maverick Strategies | Malady & Wooten | Greenlee Partners | Triad Strategies | Long Nyquist | Shelly Lyons | Penn Strategies

Operates in Multiple States: Buchanan Ingersoll